Lovell Jones | Feb 16, 1997 | 7 min read
Illustrator: John Overmyer Benign neglect, or ignoring an often undesirable situation rather than dealing with it, is an attitude with which minorities are quite familiar. Couple it with politics and racism, and you face a system that has been unresponsive to the educational, research, and health care needs of minorities and the poor in the United States. Few mainstream research institutions or government agencies have addressed minority health in a proactive manner. Most take a reactive appr